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Show jll; BUYS POISON IVY. jfonion Pacific Said to Be After the vK. Chicago Great Western Road. TM Reports from the East aro to the of-Wtlcct of-Wtlcct that tho Union Pacific has secured iBthe Chicago Great Western, known to Mrflroad men as the Poison Ivy r"oute. TBjVhlle this Ib partly denied at hoadquar-ligwa, hoadquar-ligwa, et It will be generally believed. iKIi1" lhe exccptlon of the lino tho Wost-mgrn Wost-mgrn rate situation Is controlled bv a few Hnen In Wall street and Mr. Stubbs In nwmcago, but just as they form a really VBfpcuvo pool tho Great Western, with jiu few hundred miles cuts the rate and llK,';3 . th, business. If It does not get traffic it demoralizes the traffic of fjne other Hues. In railroading the road " '?.s n "disturbing element," and urol!y 1,10 syndicates wish to remove .!" suc,'1 elements from their peaceful irallroa.1 life, which will be a model one W. lherc WU uc competition nor &Jn7,Ch,caB Great WcsW-rri Is not big ! tfS? X5h.l cui ,cc' huL u ,k lar enough I vTcetors of other lines i? Iff |